Links to Other Sites - A DisclaimerThis site has links to other web sites as a
convenience to our customers. These include links to web sites operated by
other government agencies, nonprofit organizations and private businesses.
When you use one of these links, you are no longer on this site and this
Privacy Notice will not apply. When you link to another web site, you are
subject to the privacy policy of that new site.

When you follow a link
to one of these sites neither the State of Oregon, nor any agency,
officer, or employee of the State of Oregon warrants the accuracy,
reliability or timeliness of any information published by these external
sites, nor endorses any content, viewpoints, products, or services linked
from these systems, and can not be held liable for any losses caused by
reliance on the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of their information.
Portions of such information may be incorrect or not current. Any person
or entity that relies on any information obtained from these systems does
so at his or her own risk.

Information Collected When You Just BrowseIf you do nothing during your visit to this
web site but browse or download information, we automatically collect and
store the standard data collected by all web server software. That
information is as follows:

The Internet Protocol (IP) address and domain name used (but not the e-mail address). The IP address is a numerical identifier assigned either to your Internet service provider or directly to your computer. We use the Internet IP to respond to your browser request. Example: 122.125.36.42;

The Domain domain name (DNS) assigned on the Internet to your IP Address (if there is one). Example: somename.com;

The web site you visited prior to coming to this web site. (Note: this is included so that summary analysis can be done on how visitors get to your site, i.e., from a search engine, from a link on another site, etc.)

We do not track individual user navigation choices. We do, however, summarize the information listed above to determine:

what organizations are our most frequent users (item 2 above) to better target our content for the audience.

what browsers are being used on our site to determine what techniques we can use to develop pages that will work with different browsers (item 3 above).

how often our pages are being used (item 5 above).

by the traffic from organization names such things as the search engines that are good at directing people to the site (item 6 above)

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains
available to all users, this site may monitor network traffic to identify
unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause
damage. If security monitoring reveals evidence of possible abuse or
criminal activity, system personnel may provide the results of such
monitoring to appropriate officials. Except for authorized law enforcement
investigations no attempts are made to identify individual users or their
usage habits. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change
information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable
under the state law and federal statutes including the Computer Fraud and
Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection
Act of 1996.

Public Disclosure
All information collected at this site becomes a public record unless
an exemption in law exists. ORS Chapter 192 contains the Oregon Public
Records Law. and other program specific ORS's and OAR's.

In the State
of Oregon, laws exist to ensure that government is open and that the
public has a right to access appropriate records and information possessed
by state government. At the same time, there are exceptions to the
public's right to access public records that serve various needs including
the privacy of individuals. Both state and federal laws provide
exceptions. We may request personally identifiable information from you in
order to provide requested services, but such information is handled as it
would be on an in-person visit to a governmental office.

Personal Information and Nondisclosure
"Personal information" is information about a natural person that
is readily identifiable to that individual, such as an individual's name,
address and telephone number. Such personal information may be exempt from
disclosure if disclosure would constitute an unreasonable invasion of
privacy under the circumstances. A domain name or Internet Protocol (IP)
address is not considered personal information. Most information collected
by state government is assumed to be open to the public unless
specifically exempted. ORS Chapter 192 contains the Oregon Public
Records Law. Under this law, individuals are permitted to request
that public officials not disclose a public record that contains their
home address and telephone number under certain circumstances. ORS 192.445
specifies how to request non-disclosure.

Email
If you send us an electronic mail message with a question or comment
that contains personal information, or fill out a form that e-mails us
this information, we will only use the information needed to respond to
your request. We may redirect your message to another government agency
that is in a better position to answer your question.

The information
collected is subject to the access and confidentiality provisions of the
Oregon law including ORS Chapter192.

Forms
Each electronic form that collects personal information on this site
will have a specific privacy statement or a link to the privacy statement
that explains the conditions (if any) under which information may be
shared with other parties.

Requesting Personal Information
InspectionYou have the right to review information collected about you
by this site. Contact the agency that provides the service you
requested.

Secure Transmission
For secured-data transmission, this site uses the industry standard encryption
software, Secure Socket Layer (SSL). The URL in your browser will change
to "HTTPS" instead of "HTTP" when this security feature is invoked. Your
browser may also display a lock or key symbol on its task bar to indicate
invoked secure transmission. If these indicators are not present, any
information is susceptible to interception by other parties. Most Internet
e-mail communication will not be secure. If you are communicating
sensitive information, you might want to consider sending it in by postal
mail.

CookiesA cookie file is a small
text file created by a web site on your computer hard drive that contains
unique information the site can use to track such things as passwords,
lists of pages you´ve visited, the date when you last looked at a specific
page or to identify your session at a particular web site. A cookie is
often used in commercial sites to identify the items selected for a
specific shopping cart application. If cookies are used on the web site
their use will be clearly marked. While most browsers have an option that
allows you to control the use of cookies, their use might provide some
features that can not be used if cookies are turned off. Each application
start page where cookies are used will have a specific statement that
explains the use of the cookies, what information is being stored and
whether the information is deleted or retained for future use when you
complete your session.